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Risk Communication -- Consumers Between Information and Irritation1

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Health risks are front-page news. Be it BSE, surface ozone or radiation from transmitter stations or mobile phones, the popular press puts out a constant stream of risk warnings and sensational reports about potential health threats. This article looks at how the general public perceives and assesses such information when it comes to food risks. In the first part, the elements of food risks are discussed and then compared with the perceptions of these risks. The last part of the paper deals with the consequences of risk assessments and risk perceptions for risk management and risk communication. 1. The following article is based on a lecture at the Food Safety Conference in York, Ireland in 2003. Parts of this lecture have also been published in Renn (2005); however theoretical and empirical insights were applied there to food packaging.

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  • Ortwin Renn, 2006. "Risk Communication -- Consumers Between Information and Irritation1," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(8), pages 833-849, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:9:y:2006:i:8:p:833-849
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870601010938
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    1. Jamie K. Wardman, 2008. "The Constitution of Risk Communication in Advanced Liberal Societies," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(6), pages 1619-1637, December.
    2. Claire Brown & Áine Regan & Simone van der Burg, 2023. "Farming futures: Perspectives of Irish agricultural stakeholders on data sharing and data governance," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 40(2), pages 565-580, June.
    3. Antimo Natale & Carmen Concerto & Alessandro Rodolico & Andrea Birgillito & Marina Bonelli & Miriam Martinez & Maria Salvina Signorelli & Antonino Petralia & Carmenrita Infortuna & Fortunato Battaglia, 2022. "Risk Perception among Psychiatric Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-12, February.
    4. Melanie De Vocht & An-Sofie Claeys & Verolien Cauberghe & Mieke Uyttendaele & Benedikt Sas, 2016. "Won’t we scare them? The impact of communicating uncontrollable risks on the public’s perception," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 316-330, March.
    5. Soutar, Iain & Devine-Wright, Patrick & Rohse, Melanie & Walker, Chad & Gooding, Luke & Devine-Wright, Hannah & Kay, Imogen, 2022. "Constructing practices of engagement with users and communities: Comparing emergent state-led smart local energy systems," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).

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